Open Arms is a tax exempt organization under section 501(c)(3) of the U.S. tax code with a 23 year history of reaching out to India's neediest. By keeping overhead tiny, Open Arms has been able to keep administrative costs to well under 8% throughout its 23 year history. In our 23 years Open Arms has …
- Started 9 children's homes caring for 500 children
- Started 5 schools educating more than 1200 children
- Built and operate a hospital serving the poor of A.P.
- Trained hundreds of women and older girls to sew and type
- Put in hundreds of village wells
- Provided hundreds of rickshaws to poor pullers so they don't have to pay nearly all their earnings for rickshaws rental
Our first focus is meeting the physical needs of the poor – after which we provide the education and training needed to ensure the next generation can breakout of the poverty cycle and become self supporting, contributing members of their communities. Help is given based on need and without regard to caste, creed, sex or religion of the recipients.
13986 SW Hillshire Drive
Tigard, Oregon USA
97223-5657
503-590-5643
openarmsindia@gmail.com |
